VERSES OLD AND NEW.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 990, 3 December 1910, Page 9

VERSES OLD AND NEW.

' SONNET ON TEE DEATH OF 'HIS i V V ■ WIFE. : ,{j ,}rf- \ ~: (From ' tli© Portuguese .'of' Antonio;--Fer-reirai 1528-15G0.) _ V. ;, That, blessed, sunlight: .that once'-shojred ■ : ' ( to. ' ".V . ' ''W. . My way to heaven''; more ' plain;;; more ■ certainly, V: j And with her bright \beam ; finished utterly ; \.- i'j' i .. All traco of mortal shadow far'from me, . ' Has gono from.. me, has left ; her , prison V- l sad; * 'And I. am blind. ~aiid alone, ,:jand gone ■ : astray,. ' rr- ■ Lite a lost-pilgrim,in a desert , way ' 'iWpntiug-tho' blessed guide jth'at once he ' had. ' ' . /. ' ' THus'with'a'spint bowed a blur .•' I- trace.the holy, steps where she has gone By valleys:'and/by meadows and by .i. . mountains'. ' And everywhere ! catch a glimpse of her, ■ Eho -takes mo by the hand and leads ■ .me on;: ' : !Anil my'eyes-follow her, my eyes-made ' ; fountains. ' ; '—John Masefield, in'the'"Westminster Bazette." ... . ■ . - THE -POWER OF MUSIC. • D. those sweet notes, so soft and faint, . that seemed . Locked up inside: a thick-walled house of stone; '• flnti then that sudden rush of sound, as ;■ though. ;\ ■. ~ : - - • The doors and windows were.wide open . thrown, . , ®o with me, 0 Sweet Music, as thou wilt, I am thy. slave, to either laugh or weep ; sThy power can make, thy' Have a lover proud,' Or friendless, man that has no . place to. sleep. I hear thy. Tipples'gentle whisper, and again '• ' . . Hear ripples'lap the quays of sheltered docks;. , , £ hear.thy thunder, and it brings to mind I Dark Colorado, scaling' his huge rocks. I hear thy : joyous'cries, and think of - .birds./, r Delirious i when the sun doth rise in ' -V '.'May; - J hear tliy moans, and think me of poor cows ..." That 'niiss at night the calves they licked by day. Jt' hear tlieo wail, and think of that sad -queen , _ .. _ . Who saw her lover's disappearing mast; How she, who drank and wasted a rich pearl— . . . ' To prove her . love—was left to wail ' at last. . . EoSvith me; 0 sweet Music, as thou wilt; Till even'thou art robbed of-jealous sleep . ' , - » Df those sweet senses • thou hast forced ' . . from- me-, jind.-I can neither laugh with thee nor ,'j- weep. - r-William H. Davies, in the "Nation." • IN THE GARDEN. • (An Old French Song.) fa .?. gay garden, filled, with flowers, " 411 days and.-hours, Ggd formed man in his likeness, -And gave him hero Of love,' wherewith his' days to bless, ■ .A pledge most'dear. ■ Adam Jay. down in the sweet. shade v. lime tree made, ■ -' , Aione.he lay on tho green grass 'In quiet l deep, When suddenly it came to pass . -He fell on; sleep. . There while he slept that Sovereign King ({Che Angels sins, • ' .' . .--. ®ok a rib gently'with all care ■ • (From out his side, A'hd formed, a llower, a woman fair, To be his bride. 'Adam awoke in pride and joy, • • ."Without alloy,; "' v ' ' •"Behold - her there,. bone of my bone, ■ x -. 0 God above! Give her to me,- no more alone, She whom I love." i —R. L. G„ in the' "Nation." | BABIES. v ■When, anywhere beneath the sun, > : 'ki cradle holds a little one, .. ' Allithings that lio\ around it fidget Tojoako'the'like of the darling midget: . - Everything iri the house is sure .To bring:on ;tho.scene its miniature. . The bed first of all-gets a little cot, ' 'Aitd the coffee-pot a little pot, And .the great-big table a little thin one, ; ' Arid the bathroom : batli a little tin one; . The great armchair a rocking-chair; And, the wardrobe pegs their babies bear. . All the furniture, every stick, Gets its baby double quick! - Whoever can'count-all the little nippers, . . Shirts., and shoes "'and stockings and • slippers! 'And everyone is the baby's friend. So it shall be, timo without end, When into "the world comes a little one— It's a merry world,' when all's said and - done! , .. - —From the German, by J. Bithell.